•The House Judiciary Committee report found that the South Korean government acted in a discriminatory manner toward Coupang and other U.S. companies, violating a trade agreement negotiated last year by President Donald Trump.
•Flowserve Corporation (FLS) has closed its all-cash acquisition of Trillium Flow Technologies' Valves Division for $490 million plus working capital adjustments.
•The transaction involved the sale of select valves businesses from First Reserve-backed Trillium to Flowserve.
•QatarEnergy extended a force majeure notice, withholding four additional LNG cargoes until early September, bringing the total affected cargoes to 21 over the delivery period from April to early September, according to Edison SpA.
•US spending on fossil fuel power generation is set to exceed China's for the first time in decades, driven by gas turbine demand from data centres, according to IEA data.
•The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a 3.8 million barrel draw in commercial crude inventories for the week ending June 26, bringing stocks to 408.4 million barrels, which is now 7% below the five-year average for this time of year.
•Guardant Health announced that UnitedHealth Group is the first major commercial insurer to cover the Shield blood test for colorectal cancer screening for eligible members aged 45 or older.
•ACG Metals increased commercial gold recovery at its Gediktepe mine in Türkiye to about 85% from 75% previously through a proprietary metallurgical process.
•The process reduced cyanide consumption by approximately 45% and shortened leach cycle times under commercial operating conditions.
•ITG's shares rose 12.5% in their Nasdaq debut, giving the Oaktree-backed company a market value of $2.18 billion, signaling strong AI infrastructure demand.
•Anghami Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGH) confirmed receipt of a preliminary non-binding proposal from controlling shareholder OSN Streaming Limited to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares at $3.39 per share in cash.
•Morgan Stanley upgraded Grindr (GRND) to 'overweight' with an $18 price target, citing the potential of two new product launches: the 'Edge' ultra-premium subscription and the 'Woodwork' telehealth service.
•Applied Digital announced delivery of Phase 1 of Building 2 at Polaris Forge 1, adding 75 MW of operational AI capacity on schedule, bringing total live capacity to 175 MW.
•Cameco (NYSE: CCJ) announced a temporary suspension of operations at the Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan due to operational challenges at Orano's McClean Lake mill's sulfuric acid plant.
•Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog warned Apple of a potential $52 million fine for allegedly discriminatory practices against Russian search engines and software.
•The S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished Q2 2026 with their biggest quarterly gains since 2020, as investor optimism about economic and earnings growth persisted despite the Middle East conflict.
•Crédit Agricole's CACEIS launched a euro-pegged stablecoin EURXT on Ethereum with 20.02 million tokens issued, targeting institutional flows and tokenized fund access.
•Eurozone inflation declined in June as cooling energy prices increased the likelihood the European Central Bank will refrain from raising its key interest rate this month.
•Finland's parliament voted on June 17, 2026 to lift its decades-long ban on nuclear weapons, effectively authorizing the transport and facilitation of nuclear weapons on its territory as part of allied operations.
•Russia closed seven railway border checkpoints with Finland, Estonia, and Latvia effective July 1, 2026, according to a government decree.
•Pasqal, a neutral-atom quantum computing company, plans to list on Nasdaq via a merger with SPAC Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp. II after raising over $300 million.
•Pasqal will hold an Analyst Day to outline its market strategy and financial outlook.
•Select Medical Holdings Corporation (NYSE: SEM) announced today the completion of its acquisition by an entity affiliated with a consortium led by Robert A. Ortenzio and Martin F.
